From what you've read and heard about Pete Rose's admission
that he bet on baseball, how honest do you think he's being?
Completely. Rose has told the whole truth and is genuinely
sorry for his actions.
Mostly. But there are still some issues Rose hasn't properly
addressed.
Partly. It wouldn't surprise me if Rose is still concealing
something big.
Not at all. Rose will say or do anything to get reinstated.

February 1989— Amid reports Pete Rose had bet on baseball while manager of the Cincinnati Reds, Rose is questioned by outgoing commissioner Peter Ueberroth and his replacement, A. Bartlett Giamatti; attorney John Dowd is retained to investigate the gambling charges.

March 1989— Rumors of Rose's gambling problems begin circulating publicly. "I'd be willing to bet you, if I were a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball," Rose says.

May 9, 1989— Dowd completes an official 225-page report on Rose's gambling charges.

June 26, 1989— Despite Giamatti's assertion the report is confidential, it is released to the media by court officials. Based largely on corroborated testimony of two Rose associates, Ron Peters and Paul Janszen, the Dowd report asserts that in 1985, '86 and '87 Rose had bet on baseball games, including 52 Reds games in 1987, at a minimum of $10,000 a day. All of Rose's bets on Cincinnati were to win.

Aug. 24, 1989— An agreement banning Rose from baseball for life is reached. It declares Rose "permanently ineligible." In the agreement, Rose admits he had been treated fairly in the investigation and is given permission to apply for reinstatement after a year.

August 1989— Rose, with a 412-373 managerial record, is replaced by Tommy Helms as manager of the Reds.

April 20, 1990— Rose pleads guilty to felony counts of concealing income on his 1985 and '87 tax returns and is sentenced to two concurrent five-month prison terms, three months in a halfway house and 1,000 hours of community service. He also is fined $50,000 and ordered to seek counseling for gambling addiction.

Aug. 8, 1990— Rose begins sentence at a federal facility in Marion, Ill., where he's assigned to the prison machine shop, working for 11 cents a day.

February 1991— The National Baseball Hall of Fame adopts a rule stating that "any player on baseball's ineligible list shall not be an eligible candidate" for induction.

Oct. 24, 1999 — A vote by the fans puts Rose back on the field for the first time in a decade, taking part in a ceremony honoring the All-Century Team before Game 2 of the World Series at Atlanta's Turner Field.

Oct. 12, 2002— Fans at Pacific Bell Park give Rose a standing ovation when he is introduced as part of Major League Baseball's "25 Greatest Moments" during the World Series.

Nov. 25, 2002— Rose meets with Selig in Milwaukee to discuss his reinstatement. Rose admits to Selig to betting on baseball, according to his autobiography that will be released Thursday.

Jan. 5, 2004— Rose publicly admits to betting on baseball on ABC's Good Morning America advancing the release of his autobiography.